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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Sporting Rowing Murray Bridge Crew Desire to Send to England Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 4

A meeting of admirers of the Murray Bridge crew which won the Australian eight-oar championship on May 6, called for the purpose raising funds…

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Motor-car Fatality Girl Killed & Others Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 1

Ruth Coad (15½) was killed in a motor car accident on Saturday. Kathleen M'Kinnon was injured in the arm and hip, Nellie Carlin had an injured leg,…

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Infant Falls From Motor Lorry Death at the Hospital

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 4

Dorothea Evelyn Blake, aged one year and three months, died at the Hospital yesterday, the cause of death being given as meningitis and a…

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Bandits Hold Up Train But Are Put to Flight Messenger Opens Fire (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, May 15

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1922 · page 4

From Tucson (Arizona) comes the news of a wild hold-up at midnight of the State Limited crack passenger train from Chicago to Los Angeles…

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Warfare in Ireland Bomb in Attache Case Found in Belfast Tram (Reuter's Message.) London, May 15

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1922 · page 1

An outrage which might have been attended by numerous fatalities was narrowly frustrated at Central Belfast by the discovery of a bomb in an…

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Run Down by Train Two Gangers Killed Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 1

Two railway gangers. Leslie Robert Paul (32) and Cornelius Maher (58) were knocked down and killed by an electric train whilst engaged in…

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Rowing Murray Bridge Crew Trip to London Unlikely Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 4

A message received from London states that the rule against mechanics and artisans competing as amateurs at Henley Regatta is not likely to be…

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Fatal Motor-car Accident Driver to Stand Trial on Charge of Murder Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1922 · page 1

At an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bryan Galligher, who was knocked down by a motor car near the Botanical Gardens,…

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Government Motor Cars Fleet for Ministers to Be Reduced by Six Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 1

The New South Wales Cabinet yesterday adopted the report of the subcommittee on the cost and upkeep of Ministerial motor cars. The…

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SPORTING (Continued from Page 3.) Rowing the Murray Bridge Grew and the Henley Regatta (United Service Message.) London, May 17

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. Pitman, a lawyer, and secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association, referring during an interview to the suggestion that the Murray Bridge…

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Government Motor Cars Ministers' Hire Charges Come From Special Fund Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 1

Sir George, Fuller, Premier, said yesterday, in reference to the decision of the Cabinet, to conomise in the use of the Ministerial motor cars, that it…

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Latest News Issue Warfare in Ireland. (Continued from Page 1.) Tramcar Assassinations Third in a Week at Belfast (Reuter's Message.) London, May 18

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 4

The third tramcar assassination within a week at Belast occurred to-night. Two men boarded the car, proceeded to the upper deck, shot dead a man,…

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Sporting Rowing the Murray Bridge Crew and the Henley Regatta (United Service Message.) London, May 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. Pitman, a lawyer, and secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association, referring during an interview to the suggestion that the Murray Bridge…

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Railway Crossing Accident Man Seriously Injured Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 1

James Davis, of Clarence Park, narrowly escaped death in a railway accident at South Plympton yesterday afternoon. He was driving a horse…

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Railway Pilfering New Preventive Methods Are Adopted in Britain ("The Times" Message.) London, May 19

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 1

The railway authorities of Britain consider that as the result of new methods the worst phase of pilfering has passed. Last year the loss…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Last Edition Warfare in Ireland. Tramcar Assassinations Third in a Week at Belfast (Reuter's Message.) London, May 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 4

The third tramcar assassination within a week at Belfast occurred to-night. Two men boarded the car, proceeded to the upper deck, shot dead a man,…

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Griffith Blocks Men on Compensation Receive Railway Passes

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 1

Mr. H. Henstock, Industrial Registrar, stated, to-day that 19 men on compensation who have been granted Hocks of land at Griffith will leave by…

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The One Gauce Railway Mr. Dot Is Agitating

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 2

Mr. B. J. Doe, M.L.A., has written a strong letter to the Minister for Railways pointing out the many reasons why the suspended work on the…

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A Renmark Horse Case a Bad Bargain That Pulled Bogged Motor to Dry Ground

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 4

A case was heard in the Renmark (S.A.) Court on Tuesday, in which Roy W. Johnson, a damsinker, of Belmore, New South Wales, claimed £25 and…

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North-south Railway South Australian M.P. Fears a Federal Breach Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 2

Mr. R. P. Blundell, M.H.R., suggests that if the Commonwealth Parliament is not prepared to honor its compact made with South Australia and…

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